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Last night, President Obama delivered his annual State of the Union (SOTU) address. For the third year in a row, the League brought you #LWV #SOTU Bingo to up the stakes! Across the country, League supporters played along, using our Bingo boards to track how the President’s speech matched up with the League’s key priorities, including voting rights, climate change and money in politics.

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As 2015 approaches, the League is considering the role that we can play on many of our priority issues. We see plenty of opportunity at different levels of government for good things to happen on League issues. Federally, it’s not just Congress that will be taking action on the issues we care about, as we saw this year, decisions will also be made by the President and agencies of the federal government.

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To say we’ve been busy this past year would be an understatement. The League’s mission – Making Democracy Work ® – means that we advocate for a democracy in which everyone has their say and every vote is counted.

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It’s not often that I attend a League luncheon where the keynote speaker receives a standing ovation upon arrival. But on Tuesday, in celebration of the League of Women Voters of Georgia’s annual Power of the Vote! luncheon Congressman John Lewis received just such an ovation.

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Election Day is less than a month away and Leagues across the county continue to educate and engage citizens with the information they need to vote and have their votes counted. This task has become more difficult in recent years as state legislatures in numerous states have passed laws making it more difficult to register, vote and have that vote count.